High Falutin Posted by Steven Kennedy
on November 03, 1999
I am curious as to the origin and true meaning of this phrase.
My ancestors were from the Appalachian mountains of the US and used
this as a vaguely derisive description of self importance or uppitiness.
I have always assumed that it is a corruption of "high fluting"
meaning classical music which these hill people may have considered
as pretentious.
- Re: High Falutin bob 11/03/99
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